The
film dramatizes the origin of the first church, property and
organization that was exclusively owned and managed by
African-Americans. This USA "first" happened in Wilmington, DE long
before slavery was abolished. This degree of independence and freedom
in religious worship was unique in its day and has a lasting legacy in
Wilmington, DE as recalled every year there in The Big August
Quarterly, a Gospel community street festival held on King Street
between the Government buildings and the offices of the Delaware
electrical power company, which was built on the site of the original
church established by Peter Spencer. The successor to that original
church is todays American United Methodist Protestant Church (AUMP
Church), headquartered in Wilmington, DE.